" declares "

 [ "declaration" ]

1: An announcement.

  * e.g.,  ... The declaration of our baby. 

 [ "declare" ]

1: To pronounce, announce, utter, say, or clearly indicate, as though officially, or with authority, or bearing formality.

  * e.g.,  ... "I shall never eat white meat again," the guy declared to himself. 

 [ "Declarate" ]

1: A combination of the words declare and decorate.

  * e.g.,  ... Go into all the nations and declarate. 

 [ "Declare" ]

1: Declare: short for Declaring my independence. Used as a slang term for smoking Cannabis, due to the fact that the United States Declaration of Independence was drafted on hemp paper. The phrase originated from the International School of Indiana, located in Indianapolis. Note: declaration can be used as a noun as a slang for cannabis

  * e.g.,  ... -Hey, why don't we go over to Stephanie's and declare tonight? 

 [ "Declare" ]

1: A radio brevity code used to inquire about the ID of a track, target, or group. Responses include: Friendly: a positively identified friendly surface position, ship, aircraft, or spacecraft. Bogey: a contact whose identity unknown. Bandit: a contact that has been positively identified as an enemy in accordance with theatre ID data. Does not imply the unit or element requesting the declare has been directed or has the authority to engage. Hostile: a contact that has been positively identified as an enemy. The difference between "hostile" and "bandit" is that with "hostile," the unit or element requesting the declare has permission to fire on the hostile in accordance with theatre rules of engagement. A "bandit" is a target where permission has not been granted. Neutral: a positively identified ground position, ship, or aircraft whose behavior, origin, characteristics, or nationality indicate that it is neither supporting nor apposing friendly forces. Unable: the unit or element from which the declare has been requested cannot comply as requested or directed. Clean: no information is available about the track, target, or group of interest. Furball: non-friendly and friendly aircraft are within five nautical miles of each other. All responses to a declare request are given in bullseye format: the bullseye is an established reference point from position is referenced by magnetic bearing and range in nautical miles.

  * e.g.,  ... "Knight, declare!" 

 [ "sweeping declaration" ]

1: A broad, and life-changing statement popularized by Marshall Erikson from How I Met Your Mother.

  * e.g.,  ... SWEEPING DECLARATION!!!! I AM NEVER GETTING DRUNK AGAIN! 

 [ "Declaration of War" ]

1: When you set the lock screen on your school computer to chocolate milk but the person who uses the computer in the period after you sets it to regular milk.

  * e.g.,  ... "I didn't want it to have to come to this, but your heinous acts have left me no choice. What you have presented me is a Declaration of War." 

 [ "Declare a moratorium" ]

1: When a fad or affectation has outlived its coolness, one can declare a moratorium on it. It's a polite way to express one's rage at seeing something silly continue in perpetuity.

  * e.g.,  ...  White chicks with dreadlocks; I'm declaring a moratorium on that. 

 [ "Declaring Bookruptcy" ]

1: "Declaring Bookruptcy" is the act of abandoning a book that one has been reading before reaching the end of the work. May be coupled with "Chapter __" to declare just how far into the work one managed to get.

  * e.g.,  ... "Oh man, this class has us reading "Brothers Karamazov". Have you read it?" 

 [ "Declaration of Independence" ]

1: Filing for divorce.

  * e.g.,  ... The Declaration of Independence was probably the single-most important document that changed the world as we know it. 

 [ "Declaration of Independence" ]

2: The legal document recognized on July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia by the Continental Congress and signed by many of our founding fathers, announcing a seccesion of the 13 Colonies from Great Britain. It is the event by which we celebrate Independence Day.